Snooker table dismantling, transportation and relocation – use GCL Billiards for this specialist service
We have 40 years experience of relocating Snooker and Pool tables of various sizes.
If you are looking to have a snooker or Pool table relocated then call in the professionals.
GCL Billiards have the correct tools and men to move these heavy tables from one location to another.
The heavy slates are the main object that will catch many DIY or man and a van out. They require careful handling and knowledge of safe loading or storing of these slates correctly.
We have three of these piano wheels and a slate slide for downstairs manoeuvring with ease utilising just three men.
Upstairs locations may require up to six men to lift these slates up but we sometimes only use four men.
A ground floor to ground floor relocation only requires two men.
This table only required moving 6 feet, but it still required a full strip down of slates off the frame to move it safely without damage to slate joints.
Do not listen to firms who say they can jack up a full size table and wheel it to a new position. This will damage the slate joints and your carpets or flooring and may snap the legs in the process too.
GCL Billiards’ men are highly trained with years of experience and are able to move tables in a safe and responsible way.
Sometimes we are lucky with on-site fork lifts. We always look for the easy option, but never cut corners.
On this job we were able to ask the local farmer if he could just fork lift the slates out of the van and up to the floor that the tables where being installed on.
If we have to store tables on site, we can also offer a full bubble wrapping service.
This table being stored in dismantled form in our Client’s garage, taking very little room up.
On this job we arrived to find that the client had already got the slates and frame upstairs. This helps not only in time but in costing as we were only required to send one fitter out to complete this table fitting, with the client’s help of putting the slates back onto the frame.
When we reach the relocated site we can start to put the frame parts out ready for assembly.
The slates can go back on and any final levelling done and tack linings refitted.
And the Table is ready for play in its new home.
A full size snooker table fits neatly, stacked correctly for transport in the back of our van.
You may see us out and about on the road, our van has distinctive livery of pool theme on sides and snooker on rear.
If you are thinking of having a snooker or pool table dismantled and relocated, then please get in touch with Geoff Large. With 40 years experience of relocating full size snooker tables, you are in safe hands.
Most inquiries are because the table is holding up a house sale , or the other way around the previous owner left it and the new owner wants it removed to use the room for another purpose .
We are getting a lot of inquiries to remove full size snooker tables and just getting rid of them , TAKE THEM AWAY FREE people say , this is not a FREE SERVICE I’m afraid , two fitters wages van use Fuel insurances all have to be paid for . We offer a recycling service at a cost of removing , but we have to take the table all apart and remove all none recycling waste from it, cloth rubber metal tacks screws and bolts all have to be removed for our recycler to take the wood away , the slate is also recycled into fire places , but these have to be polished cut to size to make into a fireplace . the cost to remove a table and recycle is down to distance , BUT please note we do not now take tables up or down stairs , we only remove Ground floor tables with no more than a couple of steps involved which we can ramp . We used to do the stair work but as you get older this has become too much for us . We are both in our 60’s now .
Even this carved one is now being recycled because no body wants it .
Did you know GCL billiards rent pool tables out to pub’s clubs and staff canteens on full maintenance contracts .
We have many tables now in a few club’s and pubs around the midlands area mainly East midlands , and we also have a major supermarket chain that uses GCL billiards
to supply their new supreme winner pool tables in their staff room / canteens on a rolling contract which we carry out a 6 monthly re-cloth service .
In fact we carry out two re-cloths every year on our tables included in the rental price of £95 to £115 per month and no VAT to pay ! … price depends on model of table and cloth choice grade and colour of cloth at re-cloth time ( prices as of 16/11/2022 ) . *** We now stock the new Match table from supreme as used in Ultimate pool competitions on TV .
The price of charge of pool table is normally £1 a play and will soon be making you profit per month .
We know of no other firm that offers this high maintenance service .
We only wish to cater for a nominal amount of sited rental tables so get on our books while you can , as we also have a full billiards firm carrying out re-covering and maintenance not only to pool tables but to snooker tables too .
we therefore only wish to have around 40 to 50 machines sited to run alongside our full maintenance billiards firm .
May we point out we are fully qualified billiards fitters and not a fruit machine mechanic who will be maintaining your rental table .
We are 100% cue sports people who understand cue sport players requirements to play on good maintained tables .
we are focused on cue sports rather than coin slot machines in general .
we therefore offer you a better more professional approach to having a fully maintained machine on your premises rather than a poorly maintained one .
initial contract is for 12 month and after that .
we carry out a 6 month rolling contract renewed at each re-cloth stage .
we change the balls every year , and supply two sets of balls from new .
you have the keys and all that goes in the cash box is yours .
all we ask is you keep to our contract agreement and pay each monthly the rental payment without missing any payments .
So good is this deal that we have two club’s one with three table’s installed and one with 4 table’s installed , as they worked it out that with tax relief it was better to rent than buy .
and not have to worry about paying expensive re-cloth or new cushions or new coin mech .
they just sit back and take the takings from the machine pay the rental each month and have no worries of breakdown costs or maintenance costs ,
and their table always look good with a new re-cloth every 6 months .
we only use top rated cloth Strachan 6811 tournament as our standard cloth and if you pay a little extra each month you can upgrade to Hainsworth Match cloth .
Tables are cleaned out too so no dusty balls or sticking balls on dirty rail system
we buy the latest green badge tables , so you know you are not playing on a reconditioned 10 year old machine .
the latest tables come with cast metal corners rather than the older plastic chrome corners of the old model .
and the wood finish of all our tables are Black Pearl .
Get in touch with Carol or Geoff Large at GCL billiards to order your new rental supreme winner coin op table and start making money from your new table as soon as it is installed .
We would like more sites in the Nottingham Derby Beeston Stapleford Long Eaton area especially , but we do have sites as far as Matlock , Lincoln , Nuneaton and Coventry .
WE HAVE TWO TABLES IN STOCK READY TO GO OUT ON SITE .
*** we would like to point out that your pool table in order to make it pay for your rental site , it must take at least £20 per week or £3 per day ,
that’s 40 games a week 0r 6 games a day at 50p per go .
if you rental site does not make this amount your commitment for the first 12 months is still £80 per month , we do not do 50% split taking site rentals .
and after all many tables take at least £60 to £100 per week what would you rather pay per month £200 split out of £400 takings or £80 per month ?
also do not forget if you attract pool players into your pub they also buy drinks .
As they say if you provide a better maintained new table you will attract more custom to your pub or club as the word gets around you have a good maintained table .
Maintained by GCL billiards
Above Chettles industrial Estate on Ilkeston Road Nottingham showing weigh Bridge office . CIRCA 1970’s on the left My Uncle Ron Hume ( Curly ) he got me into Billiard fitting . a keen Golfer and member of the Variety club of Great Britain .
I came out of the Army in the year of 1976 , and started to work for my uncle’s firm Trent Valley Pool & Snooker tables Leisure firm in Chettles industrial Estate and office on lincoln Street basford . I worked alongside my cousin Gary Hume and A sub contract billiard fitter called Mick Robb who had a firm called Belvoir billiards . I stayed at Trent Valley Leisure for 4 years , then on advice from Mick Robb , I left and moved to Elston & Hopkin of Goldsmith Street Nottingham . although I still did a bit of work for my Uncle Ron and cousin Gary over the years while I worked for Elston & Hopkin , mainly at weekends or evenings and my boss at Elston & Hopkin did knew that I helped them out now and again . although their work and sales where nationwide and E&H where local east midlands mainly very little outside a 50 to 80 mile radius .so no conflict of interest . John hopkin was a very good Employer and Boss .
The entrance to Elston & Hopkin Empire billiard hall on Goldsmith Street . Now demolished to make way for the royal concert Center building in 1980 . Photo is Circa 1970’s
In 1980 Elston & hopkin where just being relocated from the very old Empire Theatre Building on goldsmith Street Nottingham where they had a billiard hall and a very fine fitted out Solid Mahogany sales counter for billiard table spares . cue sales and so on . I also got married in 1980 to my Wife Carol , who I am happy to say we are still together after 39 years of marriage and have two Daughters Helen and Kimberley and in 2018 our first Grand child Emily arrived .~ Sorry no Boys to carry on the business . Elston & hopkin moved into a workshop on Canal Street , also now demolished , and then into the Newark Street premises from 1980 . having a 18 table billiard hall , office and workshop on the top floor . of Davisella house right on the corner of Newark street & Manvers Street . Elston & hopkin moved out in the early 2000s and sold out to Universal logic in 2004 , I went with the firm to work out of a warehouse in Gainsborough Lincolnshire for the next 7 years . I look back on the 43 years I have been working as a Billiards fitter . I have learnt from everyone around me from my Uncles firm and Gary Hume to Mick Robb who was a big influence in my work , to Roger Perczynski and Alan Pykett at Elston & hopkin . I also learnt a bit of Computer presentation and promotion from my last boss Ted Roberts . I have had my ups and downs , but became self employed in May 2012 when I had started GCL billiards .
I have met some characters , and worked for some very famous people , as you can imagine it is not everyone who has a room for a full size billiard table , and most celebs and sports personalities do at sometime in their life have ownership or inherit through a house sale a full size table . But I get as much satisfaction working for normal working folk like myself as I do the high society and famous clientele . I look upon myself as the Caretaker in my time period of the billiard tables I work on . I am now approaching 65 years of age , and starting to feel the aches and pains of fitting such heavy tables . a bit of arthritis , a bad knee joint from my football days , and the normal getting old feeling that you feel creeping up on you . To the point that upstairs locations are now null and void and no go areas . let the younger fitters lift slate upstairs or into a basement . So I do not do this type of heavy lifting anymore , one bad job could put me off work for a long time so why risk it , just ground floor to ground floor locations and the van loading if I wish to carry on to my 70’s I do not know how long I will be doing this line of work , but I do aim to get to 70 years old at least full time . So at least another 5 years and two months to go yet . HEALTH PERMITTING of course . and maybe do 3 days a week then 2 days a week until retirement , but it is not unusual for 80 year old fitters to still be fitting tables and doing Re-cloths , At Elston and Hopkin they had an old fitter called Joe doing it until he was 80 odd years old . he fully retired just before I started there .
One of the best Snooker Players you could meet out there , Dennis Taylor My Granddaughter Emily .
We do not own a snooker or pool club , but if you do require to find a club to play local to us , try Stapleford cue Club they are the closest snooker club to me 2 mile down the road .
Stapleford Cue club is situated at
148 Derby Road behind the pizza hut take away .
Stapleford
Nottingham.
NG9 7AY
tel 01159 394 504
if you are very close to Derby then try
Cueball
under rollerworld access to right in carpark
Derby DE21 4AW
tel 01332 360924
other side of Nottingham then try
Newark cue club
41 Barker Gate
NG24 1UA
tel 01636 612030
I get many phone calls asking if we are open to book a table to play on ?
We are not advertised as a snooker club , we are a Billiards /Snooker / Pool table or as a collective a Cue sports table MAINTENANCE company
This means we work on tables repairing or maintaining them .
our other business is long term contract of coin operated pool table hire to pubs and clubs we do not own our own club .
I am sorry to say it is getting beyond a joke at how many people phone us up sometimes at 12 to 2am in the morning and Today ( Christmas Day ) of all days to ask what time we shut or are we open today.
we suspect these are Taxi Drivers knocking off work or taking a break and wanting somewhere to play snooker or pool .
I do not know of any all nighter snooker clubs most close at 12pm at the latest .
but just to refresh what we are about .
This is what we do If you require to book a table try Stapleford cue club they are the closest snooker/pool club to me
AND THIS WHAT A SNOOKER CLUB LOOKS LIKE
stapleford cue club
Cueball in Derby pool room and plenty of full size snooker tables
Newark cue club 41 Carter gate Newark Nottinghamshire NG24 1UA ………….tel 01636 612030 for booking to play on pool and snooker tables .
Hunters Bar Grantham 1 Union Street , Grantham next to lidl’s , NG31 6NZ……………… tel 01476 579493
Hunters bar has 7 UK pool , 4 american pool , and 6 full size snooker tables to play on .
This table was bought for just £500 off our web site page and then had a lot of money spent on it fully renovating it . The frame was stripped and polished by a third party polisher , but all the other work of dismantle loading transporting setting up plus re-rubber , Re-clothing , new nets an leathers and ball rails where carried out by GCL Billiards
Just look at the finished table , this is one of the best tables I have worked on , to find an untouched unmolested private owned table , with woodwork in very good order is very rare .
From the border of Wales to Derbyshire , we collected and installed the table here are a photo by photo of the work carried out .
Here is the table before collection from near Shrewsbury , from our selling client Jackie for just £500 as it stands . The table was made approx. 1947/48 and has steel cushions and note the old billiard ball pocket nets .
Date on rubber is 547 = May 1947 The original rubber manufactured date , this dates the table to around that time period just after World war 2 .
cushions stripped of cloth and rubber , and set to the slate , rubber is ready to be glued note new pocket plate templates , made especially for us with our own GCL Billiards logo on them to WPBSA 3.3/8th 2005/6 standards
Rubber has been fitted and cut to new middle template nice and snug .
The corner pocket also cut nice and snug to new templates
cloth on bed ready to go on and be fitted . Hainsworth Match .
Bed cloth part fitted middle falls down ready to pull out from 4 corners .
The bed cloth fitted and marked out and ironed , and the steel professional grade cushions set to receive the cushion frieze’s , once bolted up .
The finished table , ready for play .
Both centre and corner templates showing snug fir to WPBSA standard
Centre pocket template .
Corner pocket template
Original Burroughs & Watts Fitted with Steel Vacuum Cushion End plate , 19 Soho Square London .
GCL Billiards end cushion plate to show who re-rubbered it . We call this the re-rubber plate , or table set up plate . People often get confused when they find a name plate on the end of a cushion and think they made the table . always check both ends of a table , and also ask on a Billiards forum website who the table was manufactured by . Seen many a Burroughs & Watts arrowflite re-rubber badge on the end of say a Thurston or Orme & sons table and people often get confused as to who manufactured the table .
and our client bought his own professional grade table lighting Now taking everything into consideration a new star or Riley Aristocrat table with steel cushions today would come in at £13000 Our client used mainly GCL Billiards to work on the table apart from the polishing which was done locally to our owner to a very high standard , and I will be asking for his details to pass on to other clients wishing for high class work of polishing . which on its own came in at around £1500 alone to strip and polish including collection and delivery back to site .
The re-rubber / Re-clothing in Match grade cloth / new peradon leathers and nets , plus ball rails , the lighting unit , brush iron and a few accessories and balls made a grand total for the whole project to come in at a round £5500 . The quality of this table is far superior than a modern Chinese Star or UK made Riley Arsitocrat or even a BCE Westbury .
The quality is there to be seen , just look at the flame mahogany in the cushion capping’s
The size of the solid mahogany bulbous 10 to 11 inch turned Tulip carved legs , some may say why have this high quality mahogany leg sprayed silver , The Young player is of a modern era , tables now come with legs and trims in gold , silver bronze or even reconstituted stone marble or resin legs . He will be playing mainly on gold and silver legged tables in star and riley tables , this gives him the quality of a period made higher quality wood but with a modern twist .
these are 10 inch turned legs down from around 11 inch , riley and star in comparison start with an 8 inch block and end up at around 7 inch turned legs .
The rigidus frame is unique to Burroughs and watts
Center Leg Spacing: Unlike conventional billiard tables, the Rigidus frame features central legs that are positioned closer together. This specific geometry was engineered to distribute the massive weight of the slate bed evenly and prevent the heavy timber from warping or bowing over time. [1, 2] Frame Rigidity: The reinforced frame acts as a rigid, monolithic foundation. It absorbs the impact of heavy match-grade balls and ensures the slate remains perfectly level for professional play. [1, 2] Premium Materials: Tables built with this frame—dating predominantly from the early to mid-20th century—were often crafted from dense, heavy woods like Cuban or South American mahogany and oak. They were frequently paired with the brand’s famous steel-block cushions for the ultimate bounce and
again superb quality of wood used in the manufacture of this table
All cut to pro size pockets for an up and coming young player who wishes to step one more rung up the ladder to becoming a professional player . A local Derbyshire Lad … look out for him his name is Kai Hopkins . A big thankyou to his Mother and Father in putting their trust in GCL Billiards to not only source a table for them at a very reasonable price , but to get it up to pro standard for their son by collecting and fully fitting as you see above . They have put a lot of sacrifice in a house move and financially in getting this table and an large extension on the new house for their son to make that step further up the ladder to becoming a pro player .
Due to me breathing in mould spores from a re-cloth on a pool table last week , I am now laid up with a very bad chest infection and sore throat , also my kidneys ache . I do not know how long this is going to affect me , but for now I have a cancelled a few jobs this week and rearranged the work for later on ., this gives me a few more days to fight this infection off . I will not now be doing any table work on such bad spore growth mould on tables . and I think it is on the owners of such tables to clean them up before arrival and spray anti mould spray on them , removing all cloth that is affected .
We have a very nice oak finish Optima Monaco pool table for sale from a private house in Edinburgh Scotland the buyer would have to arrange to collect and dismantle themselves , and the table has to come downstairs but the good news is , it all comes apart . lid up slate out , thin line body , and 4 bolt off legs . I will put any buyer int ouch with our private seller , who is moving house , and is now selling the table . I have looked at how much these Optima Monaco tables are now and they are a top range table with a price range of £1915 to £2034 at liberty Games . I have advised our buyer that some may decide to have the table re-clothed others will make do with it as it is for a year or so . the pool table comes with a good range of accessories . The table if on the ground floor would be worth close to £1000 , so our guide price of £650 just for a stairs problem is very good value , some may be able to fit a slide U channel to the slate , a few blankets or a strip of old carpet and you would be able to slide the slate down bit by bit in a controlled fashion with ease . This is how a professional fitting firm may do it and I will show photos of that with a full size table slate section which is much heavier .
Any way priced to sell quick at just £650 which is a Bargain for one of these tables . I only sold one of these the other month with a re-cloth at £1350 , if it was closer I would have had it myself .
This last photo shows a two inch thick piece of slate with a U section slide strapped to it and behind you can see the strip of carpet we put on the stairs to slide this down bit by bit . The same method could be used if you made a U channel to strap tot he pool slate which is 1/2 the weight of this snooker slab section . a pool slate is 5/8th thick , the snooker slate is 2 inch thick .
Please contact Geoff at GCL Billiards , and I will put you in touch with the owner in Scotland . This is ideal for someone up that end of the Country , most for sale are right down south . There area few table fitting firms in Scotland who may quote you to bring this table downstairs and deliver it to a ground floor . I do have a couple of contacts up there including Scott Mcintosh and Tayside Snooker .
Ball sets include a snooker set / pool set / cue rack / scoreboard / Brush / triangle / and 4 cues .
I have a custom made set of highly polished wood table tops in 4 sections , all bubble wrapped as taken off a table from a very nice furnished house where the table tops where very carefully handled on and off the table , the table has been sold , and we now have this set of very expensive table tops that where hand made by a joinery shop and polished , fitted with under bracing to stop dipping or warping . My client paid around £1395 to have this hand joinery made set of hard wood trim and veneer table tops made up , when he bought the full size snooker table as an extra cost to the table . Asking a very reasonable £495 and if local to Nottingham or Derby I will deliver . Ask any joinery shop to make a set like this and you will find they are not low cost . I have two sets of hard wood tops , I have only ever had one set up for sale before these , they are rare to find , and when you do some are nothing more than rough bits of 8×4 from the wood yard bare wood just slung over the table . I did get someone inquire for a set a few months back but never took their number as I said they rarely come up for sale , then this past month two sets come up . This set is £495 cash sale . the other set is a bit lower at £250 , take your choice , if you are not fussed about polished wood then go for the silver ones they are also a very well made set , but if you like to see a bit of craftmanship and polished wood grain these are the ones for you . and as can be seen from the photos they are as mint condition as you will find a set . and to keep them like that I bubble wrapped them on site , they are now at my own home in storage in Long Eaton Nottingham wrapped ready for collection or delivery if close by .
I have a client who has sold his table and now has a rare to find 4 section table cover in silver finish Cloth underlined to protect cushion capping’s frieze and cushion cloth . Simple sale £250 buyer collects . You cannot make them for this kind of money , buyer to arrange collection from Walsall Table is going tomorrow Saturday the 16th , table 4 section top are available from after this date .
PRIVATE SALE DIRECT FROM THE SELLER . collection to be arranged from High Wycombe , please read more >>>>>
We do not get many 10fts come up for sale and when they do , they normally sell very fast , especially if priced sensibly taking into account what it would cost to have one dismantled and delivered and set back up , so this one has been very Fairley priced and comes with all accessories as shown . My client thought this was a 3/4 size but it is a bit larger than that , 9ft is 3/4 size , this one is a rear size to find at 10ft .
*** The table also comes with a hard top cover as used by the selling client as a dining table Light is also included .
Size: 323 cm (L) x 174 cm (W) x 82 cm (H)
Slate bed
3-piece wooden dining top cover
Overhead green snooker light
Full set of cues and rests
Multiple sets of balls
Cue rack
Traditional scoreboard
Triangle and accessories
Not sure on rubber rebound value in cushions , but it definitely could do with a re-cloth and maybe new nets and leathers if required at same time .
The table is based in High Wycombe , and we could quote for the dismantle , traveling and setting back up if on ground floor at both ends . we could also recommend a firm if you collect and needed a fitter closer to you . Contact Geoff at GCL Billiards for more information .
Been up to the north Lincolnshire – Notts border today just east of Doncaster . Work involved the strip down of cushions and re-rubber and make the pockets the same size as a Star Table to WPBSA template openings as used on TV tournaments . Using best Northern Rubber by Hainsworth . Then a re-cloth in Strachan 6811 tournament cloth 30 oz . The table was an old Hixon & sons with thick Welsh slate and a good solid frame . With recessed into capping cushion cloth retaining slot to mimic steel cushions . The table I think is circa turn of the century 1899 /1910 period . There is some history to the table , as there are some paper labels to the cushions from the 1940s re-rubber , stating it belonged to a School in Leeds , called East Moor School in an area called Adel . On looking up this school I find it was a Reform approved school for wayward Boys , which first opened its doors in 1857 . it was closed down around the 1970s I think . This table went through a refurb by an unknown firm in 1985 having another re-rubber , but the pockets where all over the place in sizes . My Client bought the table with the house so inherited it around 6 years ago . My client who is a WPBSA coach wanted uniformity and as close to WPBSA size as possible . Which I pulled this one off bang on , as you can see the templates fit snug to the angles . It is a pity that the WPBSA do not allow Billiard fitters outside World Snooker , to have these templates , I had to rely on some very accurate copies of templates to do this work . Something I think the WPBSA should look into , they do a lot of good work promoting snooker and the training of coach’s , but do not let the Billiard Fitters access to WPBSA templates , we have to rely on copies . If there is no uniformity in the Tables , then younger generation are learning to play on Club pockets or Buckets as we call them . We used to have the B&SCC templates , Billiards & control council , which are a little larger opening , and some like their tables to have that size , I just would like to offer both sizes and do it with proper templates , it looks more professional . They could be made low priced on 3D Printers and then offered to proper time served Billiard fitting firms .
To add further to this story , I contacted a 3D printer service in Scotland who did make these WPBSA 2005 templates , and these are exact to my own wood ones , so I had him custom make me a set based on the 2005/6 Templates which are as close to what is used today give or take the thickness of a piece of paper each side or 2 MM at most . As you can see they are more professional looking than my old Wood one . and going forward will use these now for anyone wishing to have as close to professional size pockets .
Superb condition and priced to sell . complete with accessories shown in the photos below . including light and iron .
If there was ever a Rolls Royce of billiard table makers then George wright would be it . a lot of people go on about Burroughs and watts tables being the best , but ask any Billiards fitter who has worked on George Wright tables and they are made to a higher degree of workmanship . thicker wood for the frames for a start , they where the first firm to use concealed pocket plates around 1895. and most have huge turned and carved legs , Reeded legs or fluted where the most favoured leg design along with tulip , which most firms used , but George wright made their tulip legs with more carving segments as can be seen in this example . other billiard companies spaced the tulip carvings wider so they where easier to produce and less work . Tulip leg = a tulip flower opening upside down ..can you see it in the photos ?
Below a brief history from the snooker heritage site , please read more info of George Wright on that site if you wish . George Wright & Co. (founded 1868) was a prominent London-based manufacturer renowned for early innovations in convertible billiard-dining tables, often featuring special adjusting screws for height regulation. They were also known for producing high-quality rollover tables and for being among the first to hold Royal Warrants from King Edward VII. snookerheritage.co.uk
Key Achievements and Specializations:
Convertible Tables: They specialized in billiard dining tables and bagatelle tables early in their history, with advertisements for these in 1870.
Rollover Tables: Along with George Edwards, George Wright was an early maker of “rollover” snooker tables between roughly 1890 and 1920.
Royal Appointments: By the late 19th and early 20th century, George Wright tables were favored by royalty, specifically Edward VII (when Prince of Wales) and later King George V.
Exhibition Success: They won multiple gold medals in the 1880s at international exhibitions in Australia .
George Wright was a major competitor to established makers like Thurston and Burroughs & Watts by the turn of the 20th century, especially favored after Queen Victoria’s passing in 1901 .
Please visit the Snooker Heritage site to see what Peter Ainsworth the author has written about George Wright the billiards firm
My selling client is now selling this very nice condition table , which has been renovated at some point in its life so should play very well , as you can see the table is from a very grand house and the sale is through my clients PA . who I am in correspondence with . I have explained the costing to my selling clients that a buyer would have to pay on top of any price of the table to have it relocated , so we have agreed a selling price of just £1500 for this grand piece of Billiards furniture . If any buyer would like a quote to have the table relocated from its ground floor room to another Ground floor room then GCL Billiards would be happy to quote , but the buyer is free to choose any billiards firm in the country . please study thy following photos of the actual table . An early table from its 13 gold medal ivory cushion badge , and circa I think around 1889 onwards ? I will find out from Peter Ainsworth on that date as he is the Billiards Historian on plates and dating , I am going from the none top plate pocket plates which where not used after 1895 , but here we see an earlier 1889 table design with later 1895 concealed plates , what I think has happened is George wright has taken the cushions in and recapped the cushions for concealed plates or made a later set of cushions and reused the ivory badge . this was not uncommon as designs change and people wanting the newer design of 1895 concealed pocket plates without having to change the table . so on this table we date it by the Badge and not the pocket plates . I did notice from the photos of the highly flamed mahogany capping’s to the cushions seen in the first photo , they may have upgraded that too . a very desirable George wright table with history . have you a nice room for this table , this would make a very nice statement to a larger household.
